Okada was born the daughter of silent film actor
Tokihiko Okada (real name Eiichi Takahashi), who died the year following her birth, and raised by her mother's sister in her early childhood. for whom she worked again in
Husband and Wife,
Floating Clouds and
Nagareru. Unsatisfied with the roles she was assigned to, she left
Toho studios after her contract expired, and signed with
Shochiku. and the first under the direction of her future husband Yoshishige Yoshida. Between 1965 and 1971, she starred in all of Yoshida's films, independently produced melodramas narrated in an
avant-garde fashion, of which
Eros + Massacre was the formally most radical. her last film role to date. She also regularly performed on stage and on television. ==Partial filmography==